MSI A88XM GAMING (MS-7903)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics5.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7903
MotherboardMSI A88XM GAMING (MS-7903)  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160818
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 21 '17 at 01:12
Run Duration242 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
37.9% Below average
Memory 60.6
1-Core 30.1
2-Core 52.7
33% 47.8 Pts
4-Core 92.8
8-Core 83.1
12% 87.9 Pts
64-Core 68.3
4% 68.3 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 54%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
PNY(196E 0719) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
5.78% Terrible
Lighting 7.67
Reflection 7.77
Parallax 2.53
6% 5.99 fps
MRender 6.76
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 5.52
5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.78%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
873GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 171
Mixed 156
123% 164 MB/s
4K Read 1.16
4K Write 2.64
4K Mixed 0.3
131% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB
7GB free, PID fa64
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
5.91% Terrible
Read 24.4
Write 6.2
Mixed 5.79
12% 12.1 MB/s
4K Read 4.24
4K Write 0.005
4K Mixed 0.006
16% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 5.91%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 8GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
30.1% Below average
MC Read 13.1
MC Write 8.1
MC Mixed 12
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 5.2
SC Write 5.1
SC Mixed 7.6
17% 5.97 GB/s
Latency 126
32% 126 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 30.1%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical A88XM GAMING (MS-7903) Builds (Compare 47 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A88XM GAMING (MS-7903) - $121

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